Disrupt Your Career

Abel van Staveren is a location-independent portfolio careerist with a passion for helping others achieve their goals and live life to the fullest. As a CEO, Chartered Accountant, Non-Executive Director, and digital nomad, he has built a successful portfolio career spanning various industries, from the shipping sector to private equity and investment management. When he is not busy helping others chart their paths to success, you will find Abel indulging his love for sailing, teaching, and coaching.We talk with Abel about how his career unfolded, the lessons he learned along the way and how he applied those in the second half of his career, how he transitioned from corporate executive to portfolio careerist, his typical day-to-day life, the power of mentoring, his work as non-executive board member, his advice for early career professionals and how to design your life, and his most exciting projects for the future.Links from the episode: Article about Abel in INSEAD In the KnowAbel’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Mpume is an internationally qualified corporate level coach based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She founded About Change Conversations following a corporate career in companies like Unilever, MTN, Ericsson and Multichoice. She is passionate about personal development and has gained a deep understanding of what is required to identify each individual’s unique talents and passion to ultimately benefit organisations while facilitating personal growth. She is the host of the Change Conversations podcast, and also a facilitator, speaker, and non-executive director.We talk with Mpume about how her career unfolded and what she has learned along the way during a period of deep change in South Africa, her shift from corporate executive to coach-entrepreneur and the challenges and joys of building her business, her advice for young professionals starting out with their career today, her views about work-life balance and how to optimize it, what she would like to change about the world of work, and her most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: Change Conversations homepageMpume’s Change Conversations PodcastMpume’s LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, podcaster, professor, co-founder and brand strategist at UYD Management, a strategic consulting firm. As the son of a diplomat, he grew up understanding the nuances of multicultural diversity while living on four continents. He is the host of the podcast As Told by Nomads, author of Use Your Difference To Make A Difference, a professor at the Imperial College Business School and has spoken at TEDx, the Chautauqua Institution, and the United Nations.We talk with Tayo about the pivots and changes in his extraordinary career and the lessons he learned along the way, how he manages his portfolio of activities, his advice to early career professionals, why he wrote Use Your Difference to Make a Difference and what are the main ideas from his book, his insights about why and how to make career pivots, examples of organizations that are progressing when it comes to talent and career management, what he would like to change about the world of work, and his most exciting projects for the future.  Links from the episode: Tayo’s personal homepageTayo’s consulting firm UYD ManagementTayo’s book Use Your Difference to Make a DifferenceAs Told By Nomads podcastTayo’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Andrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent experience at organizations across a wide variety of sizes, stages, and industries. He is the co-author of Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations, has a masters degree in HR, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified. Andrew leads Series B Consulting, which helps businesses to refine their people strategy and accelerate their growth, while navigating rapid change. He currently serves as both a private equity operating partner and venture advisor, and mentors high-growth HR leaders.We talk with Andrew about his own career journey and the lessons he learned along the way, how he transitioned from being corporate HR executive to becoming a consultant with a portfolio of activities, his advice to early career professionals, why he wrote Scaling for Success and what are the main ideas from his book, examples of best practices and what organizations could do better around career and talent management, and what he would like to change about the world of work. Links from the episode: People Leader Accelerator homepageSeries B consulting homepage  Andrew’s book Scaling for SuccessAndrew’s LinkedIn profileDownload a free copy of any one of Andrew’s People Leader Accelerator guides (normally $500) by using the discount code "Podcast" Thanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Patti and Jack Phillips are internationally recognized authors, consultants, and researchers. Together, they lead the ROI Institute, Inc., the leading source of Return on Investment (ROI) evaluation education, research and networking. Both former executives, they provide consulting services to major global organizations. Authors, co-authors and editors of more than 100 books and articles, they conduct workshops and present at conferences throughout the world.We talk with Patti and Jack about their own career journeys, how they apply the ROI methodology to career and talent management, what motivated them to write Show the Value of What You Do, the needs they are trying to address with this book and how it can help people who feel stuck in their career create and demonstrate value of their work, examples of companies that have implemented the approach of value and ROI particularly well, some of Jack and Patti’s recent publications on retention and inclusion, what they would like to change about the world of work, and their most exciting projects and initiatives for the future. Links from the episode: The ROI Institute’s homepagePatti and Jack’s book Show the Value of What You DoPatti’s LinkedIn profileJack’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Drawing on his experience as a renowned portrait photographer, Jeffrey Shaw helps self-employed and small business owners gain control of their business. Jeffrey’s portraits have appeared on Oprah and CBS News, in People magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine. Jeffrey’s TEDx Lincoln Square talk is featured on TED.com. He’s the host of the podcast The Self-Employed Life, author of The Self-Employed Life and LINGO, a keynote speaker, a LinkedIn Learning instructor and contributing writer to Entrepreneur magazine.We talk with Jeffrey about his own career journey and the lessons he learned along the way, his advice to early career professionals, his motivation to write The Self-Employed Life, some of the imagery of his book such as “Tarzan swinging from vine to vine“ or what he calls “hug marketing”, the intersection of meaning and marketability, his conviction that the best way to get to know someone is to know what they value, what they support and what they prioritize, what he would like to change about the world of work, and his most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: Jeffrey’s personal homepageJeffrey’s book The Self-Employed LifeJeffrey’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Al is the founder of Betterwork Labs, a talent advisory firm, and works with companies on how to attract, develop, and retain diverse workforces. Throughout his professional career, he has helped hundreds of professionals build growth-oriented mindsets and achieve their career goals. He also writes, researches, and speaks about trends related to the future of career development, learning, and the employee experience. Al received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Theology from Boston College, and his MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill.We met with Al as we share a common passion for helping individuals and organizations flourish in the changing world of work. We talk with Al about his own career journey, his transition out of corporations to becoming a full time solo entrepreneur, his advice to early career professionals, why he wrote The MBA Insider and what are the main ideas from his book, examples of inspiring guests from his podcast, what Al would like to see organizations doing better when managing talent and careers, what he would like to change about the world of work and his most exciting projects going forward. Links from the episode: Al’s Betterwork Labs homepageAl’s MBASchooled community and MBA Insider podcastAl’s book MBA InsiderAl’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Avivah is a speaker, author, consultant and CEO of 20-first, one of the world’s leading gender balance consultancies. She is a global expert on 21st century leadership, gender and generational balance, longevity and the future of work and careers. Avivah is currently finishing up a year at Harvard as a 2022 Advanced Leadership Fellow researching longevity and gender differences in aging. She blogs at Harvard Business Review and has authored several best-selling books. She speaks widely at leadership conferences and events across the globe, is a certified coach and is the Founder and Honorary President of the European Professional Women’s Network.We talk with Avivah about her own career journey, the improvements she has seen in the long crusade towards building the 50/50 balance between genders in business, how she pivoted from the topic of gender to the topic of generations and aging, the challenges and opportunities around longevity and multi-generational workplaces, her advice in this respect both for organizations and individuals, the characteristics of leaders who are successfully creating balance in their organizations, her experience at Harvard researching longevity and gender differences in aging – and how to manage individuals and teams through the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 100-year lives – plus her many other exciting projects coming up. Links from the episode: 20-First homepageThriving to 100 homepageAvivah’s LinkedIn profileAvivah’s Elderberries blogThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Mark is a coach, mentor, advisor, consultant, angel investor, and executive. He is the founder and CEO of CoreAxis Consulting, an award-winning learning & development and talent management firm, Katama, an agency specializing in sales strategy, marketing, and customer success, and Recipi, a digital marketing agency. His book "The #Pace Process for Early Career Success" is designed to help young adults prepare for the workforce and explain the challenges you will experience chasing your dreams.We talk with Mark about his own career journey, the nature and challenges of moving in and out of corporate employment, the lessons he learned along the way, his motivation to write The #Pace Process, the main ideas of the book, the importance for Millennials and Gen-Zers of seeking out ‘tough love’ from the people around them, what Mark would like to see organizations doing better when it comes to talent and career management and what he would like to see change in the world of work.Links from the episode: Mark’s  personal homepageMark’s book The #PACE Process for Early Career SuccessMark’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Michael Wenderoth is an executive coach who helps leaders ethically leverage power and politics to ascend. He has written for Harvard Business Review, Forbes and is the author of Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Michael served for 20 years in senior roles on breakthrough businesses in the U.S., China and Europe. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University.We talk with Michael about his career journey and the lessons he learned along the way, his advice for early career professionals starting their careers, his motivation to write Get Promoted and the book’s mains ideas, his 3-Part Power framework with concrete examples and tips, how to network with powerful people, what he would like to see change in the world of work, organizations that are doing better when it comes to talent and career management, and his most exciting projects for 2022.Links from the episode: Michael’s  personal websiteMichael’s book Get PromotedMichael’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast